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Agri-food sector on show at ASEAN-Australia Special Summit

The ASEAN-Australia Special Summit was held in Melbourne last week to celebrate 50 years of Australian engagement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).After 50 years of dialogue, agriculture is more important to the relationship than ever before. The Special Summit built further…
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Non-tariff measures affecting Australian agriculture

​​​George Levantis and James Fell   Overview Since the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture came into effect on 1 January 1995, countries around the world have progressively reduced import tariffs and global agricultural trade has grown. The use of non-tariff measures (NTMs) has also…
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Reports and publications

​​Biosecurity Matters​Client Service CharterAustralian Quarantine a shared responsibility: The Nairn Report2008–12 imported cargo processing A time release studySubscribe to one or more of the following publications and notices:Biosecurity Matters​​Export Dairy Industry NoticesHorticulture Exports…
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Meeting summaries

Apples from China IRA expert panel meeting 7, held on 22/24 March 2010 The members of the expert panel for the import risk analysis (IRA) for apples from China met by teleconference on 22/24 March 2010…
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121-2018 - BICON Scheduled Outage from 23:30 to 23:59 Sunday 23 September (AEST)

18 September 2018Who does this notice affect? All clients who use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system.Information Due to scheduled hardware maintenance of the department’s IT…
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220-2021: Unplanned Service Disruption: Friday 15 October – BICON invoices

15 October 2021 Who does this notice affect? All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system to submit import permit applications. Information The Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) is currently experiencing an unplanned service disruption.…
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Fact sheet June 2004: Apples from New Zealand IRA

Revised Draft Import Risk Analysis Report for Apples from New Zealand FACT SHEET – JUNE 2004 BIOSECURITY AUSTRALIA commenced an import risk analysis (IRA) on apples from New Zealand in 1999…
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MAA 2023-05: Great Britain: Non-prescribed goods: Edible Honey, Royal Jelly and other Apiculture Products: Minor changes to export certification from 1 February 2023

Date of issue: 2 February 2023Date of effect: ImmediateReference Number: MAA2023-05AttentionIndustries — Industry bodies — Australian Food and Grocery Council, Australia Honey Bee Industry CouncilExportersDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry — Central and Regional…
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263-2023: Declaring delivery address and rural tailgate requirements

7 December 2023Who does this notice affect?All importers, accredited persons and customs brokers who lodge full import declarations for containerised sea cargo.  What has changed?The Department has not changed the requirement for declaring rural destination of FCL/X consignments. This is…
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16-2021: Continued reduction in cleaned and pre-inspected used vehicles to Australia from the Japan Export Vehicle Inspection Centre (JEVIC)

29 January 2021 Who does this notice affect? This notice is of interest to Approved Arrangements, terminal operators, importers, and brokers for imports of all goods. Background The department has been advised by Japan Export Vehicle Inspection Centre (JEVIC) that cleaning and pre-inspection…
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